1785 The Shipwreck William
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“With living colours give my verse to glow:
The sad memorial of a tale of woe!”
– William Falconer, The Shipwreck
William Falconer was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose
poetry focused on marine life and life at sea. His most important work, ‘The Shipwreck’, was written in 1762 and
gained him instant and immense success. The story follows the adventure on an
English ship headed home, but was wrecked in Greece. Falconer created this work
as an autobiographical account of him being on the ship, and his adventures
along with the two other survivors.
This 1785 features impressive, folding maps and engravings – highly
desirable and valuable!
Item number: #16290
Price: $599
FALCONER, William
The shipwreck
London : Printed for T. Cadell, 1785.
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
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[4], 147, [1]
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2 fold-out plates
· Provenance:
Handwritten / Bookplate
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Handwritten – R. Danson
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Bookplate - Mr. G. W. Woodley Mason
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Handwritten – F. S. Hadey, 1829
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather;
tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 14cm)
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